Spooler.



PATENTED MAY 24, 1904.

' A. E. RHOADES.

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"No. 760,646, PATENTED MAY 24, 1904.

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UNITED 'YISTATEJSS ALONZO E. RHOADES, or HOPEDALE, MASSASHUSETTS, 'ASSieNoR To HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, A OORPORA- DRAPER coMPANY, OF TION OF MAINE.

Patented. May 24, 1904.

PATE T OFFIC sPooLER. I

\ SPECIFICATIQNforming part of Letters Patent No. 760,646, dated May 24, 1904.

I Application filed Marchl i, 1904:

ment in Spoolers,of which the following description, in connection with the accompany ing drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts".

In a textile-mill the spooling machines occupy a peculiarly important, position with relation to other apparatus, as they give an opportunity fora ready detectionof improperly- Spun yarn, it being customary to Supply each side of a spooler from a certain set of spin-' ning-frames, so that if slack or soft yarn is detected its origin can be traced back from the spooler to the spinning-frame and the fault corrected. V The improvement of spoofing-machines has among other features includedbobbin-holdbut it is open to several practical objections Whichseriously interfere With well-established mill practice. -In the first place it is impossible tokeep separate the spent bobbins received by the conveyer from opposite sidesof the spooler, so that all the bobbins are" mixed together in the receptacle into which they are discharged. Consequently if the bobbins are to be sent back to theframes from which they came, as is highly des-irable,-a tedious andmoreor less imperfect'sorting must be made.

ence in the bobbins, it will be manifest that great confusion must result from the mixingup by a single belt-spooler. 1 An attendant or tender looks after each side of a spoolenand'if following claims. 6 ,7

Figure 11s a side elevation, broken out be- When it is remembered that the frames supplying one side of the spooler may Serial No; 197,990. KNo model.)

through carelessness or inattentionthe yarn is' not thoroughly spooled off the bobbins the blame cannot be attached to either spoolertender when both sets of bobbins are mixed together, one tender blaming the other, and viceversa. It 1s more convenient and much easierfor a spooler-tender tocut a small portion of yarn off a bobbin than to wind it off,

and although the bobbinis apt to be out or I scored by'so doing the tender will thus dis 'pose of the yarn, if possible, when it is thought that the act will be undetected. Scored and cut bobbins make bad yarn; but it is impossible to say Which one of the two spooleri tenders is at fault when the injured bobbins are discovered unless the bobbins" ejected from 7 one side of the spooler are kept separate from For -these those ejected at the other side.

reasons the use of spoolers having a central 1 which they undoubtedly possess.

My present invention has for-its object the production of a 'spoolerpossessing the advantages of the type referred to, but so constructed and arranged that the objections hereinbefore set forth at some obviated.

The 'vario us novel features of my invention will be fully described in the subjoined-speci pointed out in 'the--3 fication and particularly tweenjits ends to save space, 'of'a spooler embodying one form ofmy present lnvention.

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'- Fig.3 isa diagramm'atic'plan view showing the relative arrangement of traveling conlength are entirely Fig. '2 is a transverse section thereof on -thearms R, and links cl, connecting them with the traverse-rods T, being all substantially as shown in said patent and operating as therein provided for. As is usual in spoolers, the spool-carriers are arranged in two rows, one at each side of the frame, and a series of bobbin-holders is sustained by one of the rods B at each side of the spooler. The bobbin-holders (indicated as a whole at B may be of any suitable construction, they being herein shown as side ejecting-holders, the guards g being mounted in a carrier g adapted to rock on the overhanging arm 9, which is clamped to the rod B. A bobbin-holder of this general character is shown in United States Patent No. 731,617, a slight side movement of the guards serving to eject the spent bobbin from the holder. I have omitted the mangle and the means for effecting theoscillation .of the yokes Y to traverse the rods T, as the same forms no part of my present invention.

A counter-shaft N, Fig. 1, is supported in a bracket 1 on the main frame of the spooler and is driven by a belt 2 from the drum-shaft A said counter-shaft having a sprocket 3 thereon which, by means of a suitable chain 4, rotates a second sprocket 5, fast on a short shaft 6 above and parallel to the counter-shaft N. The shaft 6 has a worm 7 thereon in mesh with a worm-gear 8, fast on a transverse drumshaft 9, suitably mounted in brackets 10 and 11 on the lefthand end of the main frame of the spooler. A pinion a fast on the countershaft, meshes with a gear m fast on the usual mangle-shaft M to drive the latter. Like flanged drums 12 are secured to the shaft 9 at its ends outside the brackets, and an endless conveyer or belt 13 is passed around each drum and extended longitudinally along each side of the spooler below each series of bobbinholders, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the opposite turn of each belt being supported on an idler-pulley 141, one of which is shown in Fig. 1 at the right. p

A bracket 15 is rigidly secured to the spooler-frame and has ahorizontal shelf 16, Fig. 1, upon which is mounted a longitudinally-movable arm 17, longitudinally slotted at 18 to receive bolts 19, which clamp said arm to the bracket-shelf 16, and the idler 14: is rotatably mounted on a stud 20, projecting forward from the arm 17. This extensible or adjustable support for the idler 14 maintains the traveler or belt 13 properly taut and is, in effect, a belt-tightener, it being understood that there will be one of such devices for each belt. At its outer end each arm 17 is extended across the turn of the belt, as at 21, and its upper face is inclined 0r beveled toward the center of the spooler for a purpose to be described.

. In order that the belts 13 may get a firm grip upon the drums 12, idlers 22 are provided, mounted on a shaft 23 in bearings 23 on the brackets 10 and 11, said idlers being located quite close to the drums, so that a large portion of the peripheries of the latter will be engaged bythe belts. The upper run 13 of each belt or conveyer 13 forms the traveling bottom of a trough-like receptacle arranged below each series of bobbin-holders, and one receptacle will now be described.

The depending flange 24 of the rail S has secured to it a plurality of depending hang: ers 25, each provided with an outturned foot 26, projecting between the upper and lower runs of a belt, downturned toes 27 on the foot receiving between them the lower run of the belt and preventing lateral displacement thereof. (See Fig. 2.) Ashallow elongated sheet-metal box, having a high back wall 28, is seated on the feet of the hangers, the back wall rising substantially to the bottom of the rail-flange or apron 24, so that bobbins ejected from the bobbin-holders B cannot fall into the interior of the spooler. An inclined end guard 29 is shown at the lefthand end of the box in Fig. 1, above the drum, to shield the latter and also to direct a bobbin back onto the conveyer should a bobbin be thrown so far when ejected. The upper run 13 runs in the box, and the front wall 30 of the box is upturned far enough to act as a guide for the outer edge of the belt, as will be clear from an inspection of Fig. 2.

Full-bobbin boxesE are mounted on struts A on the side frames of the spooler, substantially as in Patent No. 7M,797, the boxes extending the length of the frame and at such a height that the rearwardly-inclined top w of each box at its lower back edge closely approaches the front wall 30 of the belt-box described. Such inclined top (3 forms the front wall of the trough-like receptacle whose traveling bottom is formed by the upper run 13 of the belt, the back wall of such receptacle being formed by the upright wall 28 and the flange or apron 21. When the bobbins are ejected from the bobbin-holders, they are directed by the inclined tops (2 of the fullbobbin. boxes E onto the belt or conveyer and are thereby carried lengthwise of the spooler to the right-hand end thereof, viewing Fig. 1. As the bobbins pass over the idler 14 they drop from the belt onto the extension 21, Fig. 1, and slide down its inclined face into the appropriate box or other receptacle provided therefor. In Fig. 1 the box or receptacle 1) is arranged to receive the bobbins from the belt at the nearer side of the spooler, while the box D receives bobbins from the similar belt on the other side of the spooler. Thus the bobbins are maintained separate from the time they are ejected to the time they are discharged into one of the receptacles D or I), and the bobbins from each side of the spooler can be returned to the particular set of spinning-frames from which they came originally. As the two sets of bobbins are kept separate, it is easy to trace any faulty work in the spinning, and each spooler-tender is responsible for the work performed on his own side of the spooler. Y i

In Fig. 1 I have omitted altogether the full- 14, as shown in Fig. 1, (in order to permit adjustment of the belt-tightening device,) a vertical guard-wall 32 is formed on the arm 17 to extend beyond the adjacent end of the wall 1 28 to a point substantially opposite the center of the-idler 14:, as shown. I

By the construction herein shown ample room is provided for large boxes or recep tacles for the spent bobbins, the traverse mechanism and the belts or bobbin-conveyers being located well toward the top of the frame and out of the Way of the spent-bobbin boxes, as appears from an inspection of Fig. 1.

Myinvention is not restricted to the particular form of ejecting bobbin-holders herein shown nor to the particular traverse mechanism, as the means for conveying the ejected bobbins to separate receptacles and for maintaining separate the bobbins ejected from the oppositely-located series of bobbin-holders can be used with any suitable traverse mechanism and ejecting bobbin-holders.

Having described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure'by LettersPatent,

1. In a spooler, two oppositely-arranged series of bobbin-holders each provided with means to permit ejection of -a spent bobbin, separate receptacles to receive the bobbins ejected from the two series of bobbin-holders, and means to receive and convey to said receptacles, and maintain separated during transit, the bobbins ejected from the two series of bobbin-holders.

2. Ina spooler, two oppositely-arranged series of bobbin-holders each provided with means to permit ejection of a spent bobbin, separate receptacles located at one end of the spooler to receive the bobbins ejected from the two series of holders, and means to receive and conveyilongitudinally of the spooler to said receptacles,and maintain separated during transit, the bobbins ejected from the two series of bobbin-holders.

6 3; In a spooler, two oppositely-arranged series of bobbin-holders each provided with means to permit ejection of. a spent bobbin, separate receptacles to receive the bobbins ejected from the two series of bobbin-holders, and an endless travelingconveyerbelow each series of holders, to receive spent bobbins ejected therefrom and convey them to one of K said receptacles.' I

4:. In a spooler, two oppositely-arranged series of bobbin-holders each provided with means to permit ejection of a spent bobbin,-

separate receptacles to receive the bobbins ejected from the two series of bobbin-holders, an endless traveling belt below and" back of bins ejected therefrom and convey them to one of said receptacles, and inclined guides to direct the bobbins to the belts.

5. In a'spooler, two oppositely-arranged series of bobbin-holders each provided with means to permit ejection of a spent bobbin,

each series of holders, to receive spent bob' I tended adjacent to the outer edge of the con tiguous belt, to direct the bobbins thereonto. '6. In a spooler, a series of bobbin-holders at each side thereof and provided'with means to permit ejection of the spent bobbins, a longitudinally-extended receptacle below each series of bobbin-holders to receive the bobbins ejectedtherefrom, each receptacle having I an upright back wall, an upwardly and forwardlyinclined front wall, and a longitudinally-traveling bottom, and a stationary box at the delivery end of each of said receptacles,

to receive therefrom the bobbins ejected from the bobbin-holders. 1 v 7. In a spooler, a series of bobbin-holders at each side thereof and provided with means IOO -to permit ejection of the spent bobbins, a longitudinally-extended trough-like receptacle 1 below each series of bobbin-holders to receive the bobbins ejected therefrom, a longitudinally-extended endless belt forming by its up- 1 per run the bottom of each receptacle, means to operate the belts, to convey spent bobbins to one end of the frame, and a stationary box at the delivery end of each belt to receive the bobbins therefrom. v

. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. I

. ALONZO Witnesses: I

GEORGE OTIS DRAISER,

FRANK E. DODGE, Jr.

nRHoADEs. 

